Okay, so this one actually bothers me quite a deal in the Windows 8 consumer preview: the fonts in Metro look fuzzy - they look like fonts on Mac OS X. Because of the Mac OS X resemblance, I had assumed that Metro switched to a shape-accurate rendering method, like Mac OS X uses, but as it turns out, it's a little less exotic than that.

To be honest, I understand the point between technologies like ClearType and it seems that they have been successful to some extent so I also agree that they deserve praise for that.

What I was criticizing here was that you were ignoring a bit the hackish nature of subpixel rendering to turn it into a bit more of a magical product at an unbelievable price than it actually is.

As for podcasts, I agree abut the enlightening nature of listening to other devs in a field, but I tend to significantly prefer written media on technical subjects. They allow you to skip the parts that you already know, read difficult paragraphs slowly or several times, and easily stop somewhere and get back to that point later. Then I also find it easier to focus for extended periods of time on a bunch of text than on moving pictures. And finally, there are more people out there who know how to write than people who know how to make an enjoyable audio or video show.

Then of course, there are exceptions like TED talks. These guys just excel at presenting complex stuff on a stage.